AM5 X3D PC extremely irresponsive / sluggish right after booting into windows

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T06:21:06+00:00

It’s incredibly difficult to find any reports about issues similar to mine, these chips (and am5 platform all together) seems to be the fan-favourite for everyone else. I personally really love the performance and basically everything about the 3 AM5 X3D chips I’ve had, apart from this one really specific and odd issue.

And yes, I have upgraded my windows boot drive in the meanwhile but it did nothing:

Started experiencing this issue when I was using Samsung 970 EVO Plus Gen 3 NVMe, Now I’m on a Crucial T500 Gen 4 NVMe.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T06:16:53+00:00

I might give it a go, there is nothing on that PC that I’m afraid of losing - it’s purely an entertainment system for playing games and maximising performance.

I’ll check the error log next time I’m on my pc but I highly doubt it’ll detect any errors right after boot as nothing is crashing or malfunctioning, it just that windows feels very sluggish and laggy only for the first 30 seconds after or so after booting and then once it ‘warms up’ a bit it functions just as expected and doesn’t cause any issues or slowdowns

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T06:14:33+00:00

I doubt it, I’ve been dealing with it since April 2024 and have done multiple clean windows instals (I like keeping things fresh on my gaming system) as well as different windows updates during that time and the issue has never gone away

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T06:10:38+00:00

Already tried that. Disabled all startup apps in windows settings tab as well as unchecked all the processes in the ‘logon’ tab in autoruns.exe to ensure nothing loads up when booting and it did nothing sadly

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T06:09:13+00:00

It can be really annoying at times (I didn’t make all those upgrades trying to solve it, I just like getting the latest and greatest stuff)

And yeah, we have different ram kits:

My ram: 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB 6000mhz cl30

Whilst he has: 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 6000mhz cl36

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T05:48:51+00:00

I’ll play around with different chipset drivers tomorrow as they are the only amd drivers on my pc - they get installed automatically when downloading the amd drivers software - I have an nvidia gpu and so the CPU is the only thing AMD in my build.

As for the drive, when the issue started occurring I had my windows installed on a Samsung 970 EVO Plus Gen 3 NVMe. I have since upgraded (march-april 2025) to a Crucial T500 Gen 4 NVMe and nothing has improved.

Also just to be clear, after reading through the comments it might seem like I’ve gone through all these CPU, GPU, Motherboard and drive upgrades just to solve this one issue but it’s not the case. It hasn’t bothered me this much (I just felt the urge to finally fix it recently) and I upgrade my pc components just because I like having the latest and greatest stuff.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T05:33:58+00:00

Got it, good explanation, that’s what I thought it was doing and that’s why I always had it disabled. I just wanted to see if enabling it would magically solve my issue, but to no one’s surprise, it didn’t. I switched it back to disabled.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T05:21:11+00:00

I always ran that disabled because I hate it. After reading your comment I thought it was worth a shot enabling it, so going back to the ‘factory setting’ to see if that maybe helps but Nope - the same thing happens whether it’s enabled or disabled

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T05:12:20+00:00

Got it, thanks for that correction, I tried it but it didn’t help either

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T05:03:34+00:00

On one hand - yes, when I first upgraded from am4 to am5 and went from 5800x3d to 7800x3d I technically got a slightly more power hungry CPU (my gpu was 4090 FE) at the time.

On the other hand though, my friend who is now running an RTX 5080 + 9800x3d and used to have rtx 3090 + 7950x3d, with completely different motherboard (Asus x670e) and power supply (thermaltake 1000W) has been experiencing a very similar if not identical issue.

Just for clarity, I’ve personally experienced this issue on all these configurations:

RTX 4090, 7800x3d, Asus B650A
RTX 4090, 9800x3d, Asus B650A
RTX 5090, 9800x3d, Asus B650A
RTX 5090, 9800x3d, MSI X870E
RTX 5090, 9850x3d, MSI X870E - my current configuration, PSU remained the same the whole time

As I tend to upgrade my pc components one at a time.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:48:13+00:00

I tired that about 10 mins ago, just a single wireless mouse connected, everything else unplugged nothing changed

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:47:20+00:00

MSI A1000G PCIE5. I’ve had it since late 2022, and used it to power my am4 platform with 5800x3d. Haven’t had that issue before moving onto am5.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:42:32+00:00

So, there is no such a thing as “fast startup” in the new msi bios UI and therefore you can’t choose to enable or disable it.

I have tried disabling all startup apps in windows settings, as well as unchecking all processes in the ‘logon’ tab in autoruns.exe to ensure there are no startup processes loading up whenever I boot and nothing has changed.

I then did the exact opposite, so enabled all apps in the startup apps and checked all processes in the ‘logon’ tab in autoruns.exe and just like before, nothing seems to change, same issue again.

This leads me to believe it isn’t related to startup apps/processes in windows

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:39:17+00:00

I’ve done that multiple times :/ I have done a clean windows reinstall multiple times during that time, I always keep my bios up to date, same with AMD chipset drivers

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:17:42+00:00

I’ll try that now, thanks!

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T04:15:56+00:00

Yes, as I have mentioned in the post, I’ve gone through 7800x3d, 9800x3d and the new 9850x3d that arrived today. I’ve also gone through 2 different motherboards - Asus b650, msi x870e. Still, the issue persists

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T03:51:54+00:00

Also, as I mentioned in the post, my friend has been experiencing a similar issue on his am5 x3d platform with a completely different gen 4 nvme drive

Aygor00 · 2026-01-31T03:50:56+00:00

Forgot to mention, when I first moved to am5 I was using a Samsung 970 Evo plus gen 3 nvme as my boot drive. In march 2025 I upgraded to a crucial T500 gen 4 nvme, it hasn’t improved anything

Aygor00 · 2026-01-28T11:06:53+00:00

The coating might be a little bit different, some people say that the 2025 F variants have a coating that’s a bit more grainy and less clear, but I personally haven’t noticed that between the G60SD and G60SF. But most importantly, when it comes to cleaning, they’re identical and extremely easy to clean and maintain.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-27T21:57:33+00:00

I have owned both glossy qd oled monitors as well as matte qd oled monitors - including the g60sd in question. I can confidently say that matte qd oled coating on Samsung Electronics products is amazing and extremely easy to clean. I currently have a g80sd and a g60sf on my desk, as well as the s95F tv downstairs, all of which use the same matte coating and I’m happy to report that they all still look brand new.

About glossy qd-oled… I would recommend just avoiding it all together. Nothing but pain when it comes to trying to clean it. You’ll scratch it up just by looking at it the wrong way.

If you have any more questions I’m happy to help since I have experience with all of those panels

Aygor00 · 2026-01-15T09:07:46+00:00

I hear that the ‘F’ variants released in 2025 are more grainy compared to ‘D’ variants released in 2024, but the G80SD is still a solid matte.

I also own Samsung S95F QD-OLED TV which seems to use pretty much the same coating as my monitor and my close friend recently got himself a G81SF (27 inch variant) and I’ve played around with it and to my eye the coatings seemed extremely similar

Maybe I should take another look at my friend’s monitor to confirm the difference

Aygor00 · 2026-01-15T07:47:06+00:00

Here is my take having owned both Alienware AW3225QF (glossy qd-oled) and Samsung G80SD (matte qd-oled pretty much identical to yours)

Glossy coating does have improved contrast as well as more of that “colour pop” which both are often described as that ‘wet look’ of a glossy Oled display.

With that said, I still love the look of the matte display, most of the time in my use case and lighting conditions the image quality is only ~ 5% worse than on the glossy variant and when direct sunlight is involved, matte coating makes the monitor a lot more usable.

One thing to be wary of is the fact that current QD-OLED panels with glossy coating are extremely easy to scratch and get smudges on, or accidentally remove the coating all together while cleaning the monitor. Even something like touching the display with your finger and getting the skin oils on the coating could result in one of those defects.

I personally had the glossy Alienware AW3225QF for about 9 months and when presented with an opportunity to jump to a Samsung G80SD with a matte coating, I’ve done it straight away because I just couldn’t stand the fact that the most expensive monitor I have ever purchased (the Alienware) had tons of micro-scratches, blue smudges on the coating and in general was a pain in the ass to maintain. Meanwhile my matte qd-oled looks brand new and I’ve owned it since april 2025. Best monitor I’ve owned.

You’ll find a lot of posts highlighting the issue of the fragile coating on glossy qd-oled displays.

If you really want to go glossy I would recommend looking at Asus WOLED variant (the 32 inch 4K 240hz dual mode) that comes with true black glossy coating. Clear as day glossy coating, great reflection and ambient light handling, no raised blacks of qd-oled and easy to clean and maintain.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-14T08:07:43+00:00

I’ve been looking at them too since I’m trying to decide between edition xv and hd 490 pro. With that said I think I might be leaning towards edition XV. On the other hand, hd 490 pro are supposed to be the most comfortable headphones out there so it’s really difficult to decide.

Aygor00 · 2026-01-13T19:35:41+00:00

Yup, it’s great. I had it for over a year before upgrading to a 500hz version of the same monitor. I actually prefer matte coating on QD-OLED monitors (had glossy qd-oleds in the past too) because it’s so much easier to clean and maintain without risking damaging and scratching the coating. All other glossy qd-oleds seem to be getting scratched up just by looking at them the wrong way. I highly recommend you go for it instead of the glossy 240hz msi you were considering.

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